A judge delivered a spectacular rant to a mum-of-five who gave up her children to take drugs instead.

Natalie Johnson found herself in court again, this time for breaching a suspended sentence order by shoplifting from Iceland in Kings Heath .

The 44-year-old has committed nearly as many crimes as years she has lived, most of which are for stealing, as she has battled addiction to heroin and cocaine.

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She admitted theft and breaching a suspended sentence.

Johnson, from Hillmeads Road, Kings Norton , was jailed for four weeks on top of her eight-week previous term, which was activated.

Appearing on a video-link from HMP Foston Hall, in Derbyshire, she told Birmingham Crown Court on Friday, August 8 th

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